heard his confession and remained with him until his death which occured shortly after. This Germain Cheisson was considered quite a scholar in his day ahd was

also a very good man, one who made a point of collecting the inhabitants of the

settlement and reading the prayers of the church. to them on Sundays and Holy

déys when they were without a priest. Naturally he was much esteemed and all his

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neighbours, Protestants as well as Catholics flocked to his funeral.. The abbe de

flalonne seized the opportunity to preach a very clear and prectical instruction over his grave. one which made a deep impression upon all who heard it. and of which their descendants make mention to this day.

After the Abbe de Calonne came the Abbe Gabriel Champion and then Father McEachern, afterwards Bishop under whose direction was built the first little log chapel in year lSOh. At this time there were but eighteen families in the parish and they all assisted in the building of the little church which was but thirty feet in length by twenty in breadth and twelve feet high. It was dedicated to St.

Alexis by Bishop Plessis in the 17th July 1812. It stood down close to the shore beside the old burying ground where sleep the pioneer settlers of Hello Day. There are no very old toombstones to be seen in this ancient cemetery, those placed there in early days were made of old red sandstones and have crumbled away. A tall

cross and a neat white fence mark it off as a place consecrated to the faithful Cead. The second church of the mission was built in lean, the builder wax one Bartlett unphy.

lhe third and present church of Rollo Bay was built in 1853 by Lawrence Murphy

and Lawrence Peters. It stands on rising ground over looking one of the fairest landscapes of Prince Edward Island. Pete the coast line is broken by two besutiful bays, the points of land that separate them being blah and well wooded

in parts, while the farms theron give evidence of careful cultiaation and greet

fertility. The church is sixay-feet in lenLth by Sort; Lwn in width; the hetht

of the wall is'twenty one feet. In 1870—2 3 chancel vestly and tower were